festive shrinking..for creative expressions DT

well it is time for another creative expressions DT make

..and this time using two different sets of stamps

..Heartfelt ornamental Medallion set and let it snow

which i will be using for my DT makes this month..

so i decided to make a hanging..

which could easily be transferred to a card, tag or many other ideas..

so here she is:

 

 

i started by embossing a piece of ranger foil with a snowy design

and then colouring with alcohol inks..snow cap and pool

repeating until the colours smoosh together..

technical term smoosh!

 

when dry cover a large rectangle art part with the

embossed piece..
these are fab and very sturdy
so great for all sorts
and the coordinating frame with the plain piece

 

 

to make the trees decorations i chose one of the baubles

from the heartfelt ornamental Medallions set

(these are pre cut and cushion mounted..

and also have coordinating dies to match..)

 

i coloured some shrink plastic in same alcohol inks as above

and stamped the snowflake medallion in black archival

several times and left the ink to dry

 

when dry i rough cut into a bauble shape

and now the fun bit shrinking....

i then heated the baubles with a heat tool..

you will need to hold these pieces with a pointy tool

or they will blow away..slippery little things!

when heated they shrink up..so cool...

 

 

the tree ( from let it snow) was stamped in broken china

and cut out

i added some twisty wire for tinsel and added the shrunken baubles..

 

to complete

i punched holes in the frame part of the arts part

using a cropodile

and twirled some silver wire through..

and added an ideaology word band

and finally glue everything together..

 

 hope you are still with me?!!!

 

have a fun and inky day!

see you next week for another make with these stamps!